Across
- 7. Scene of Holmes’ incompetent trial defense
- 9. McCarthy, in deleted role later cut
- 11. Glass often turned into a running joke
- 12. Dominant comedic style of the 2018 film
- 13. Ben, plays competent Watson in same film
- 15. Billy Zane gag in Holmes & Watson
- 16. Holmes’ hat and pipe mocked in parodies
- 19. John C., plays Watson in the same film
- 20. Botched by Ferrell’s Holmes in 2018 film
- 23. Toilet humor scene in 2018 parody
- 25. Famously scathing for Holmes & Watson
- 27. Comedic “science” experiment Holmes attempts
- 28. Role exaggerated or inverted in spoofs
Down
- 1. Gene, wrote and starred in Smarter Brother
- 2. Absurd cameo reference in 2018 parody
- 3. Style of Ferrell’s Holmes delivery
- 4. Character appearing in Holmes & Watson as a gag target
- 5. In 2018, portrayed as an eccentric radical
- 6. Common approach to Holmes legend
- 8. Michael, actor of bumbling Holmes in Without a Clue
- 10. Often smarter than Holmes in comedic takes
- 11. Style of some parodic Holmes stage plays
- 14. Portrayed for laughs in parodies as bumbling or obvious
- 17. Historical ship bizarrely involved in Holmes & Watson plot
- 18. Watson’s prized facial hair, mocked onscreen
- 21. General genre of parody Holmes adaptations
- 22. Descriptor of Holmes in many parodies
- 24. Actor portraying Holmes in Holmes & Watson
- 26. Target of assassination attempt in 2018 comedy
- 27. Film title: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter ___